Book Summary
Prairies Alive! teaches readers all about the grasslands of the world. It highlights three types of North American grasslands, tells about the importance of fire, and explains the need to preserve the world's prairies. The book also gives detailed examples of the kinds of plants and animals found on the prairie. Photographs, illustrations, and captions support the text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Ask and answer questions

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of asking and answering questions to understand text
• Identify details to compare and contrast different grasslands
• Understand the use of a dash as punctuation
• Fluently read symbols, numbers, and abbreviations within the text

Materials

• Book -- Prairies Alive! (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• World map
• Index cards
• KWLS; compare and contrast; dash; symbols, numbers, and abbreviations worksheets
• Discussion cards

    Indicates an opportunity for students to mark in the book. (All activities may be completed with paper and pencil if books are reused.)

Vocabulary

• Content words: bacteria, burrows, carbon dioxide, carnivores, compass, drought, ecosystem, forage, fungi, grazing, herbivores, interact, legumes, mammal, nutrients, rodents, species